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RDAM <br />RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT <br />AND <br />APPLIED MANUFACTURING 1 <br />DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br />Lot Size, min. (square <br />feet) <br />R - CU <br />[1] 2 None <br />NR <br />NR-CU 5,000 <br />PURPOSE <br />Lot Width, min. (feet) <br />R-CU <br />NR-CU None <br /> <br />The purpose of the Research, Development and Applied <br />Manufacturing District (RDAM) is to allow for the combination of <br />office and ancillary, incidental, manufacturing supporting and <br />connected with the office operation to occur on the same <br />property. <br />The intent of the district is to allow for administrative offices, <br />industrial manufacturing, and distribution to occur on one parcel <br />of property to facilitate multi-modal businesses operations and <br />avoid the need for multiple, divergent, properties to support a <br />single operation. <br /> <br />NR 50 <br />Front Setback from <br />ROW, min. (feet) <br />R-CU <br />NR - CU None <br />NR 25 <br />Side Setback, min. (feet) <br />R-CU None <br />NR 10 [2] <br />APPLICABILITY NR - CU None [2] <br />This district will usually be applied where the following conditions <br />exist: <br /> <br />1. Site is located in areas designated by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan as Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity <br />Nodes. <br /> <br />2. Water and sewer mains are existing at the site or are to be <br />made available during the development process. <br /> <br />Rear Setback, min. <br />(feet) <br />R-CU None <br />NR 10 [2] <br />NR - CU None [2] <br />Height, max. (feet) 60 [3] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br /> <br />[1] R = residential, NR = non-residential, CU = conditional use. <br />[2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially <br />zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of <br />the adjacent residential district. <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />Floor Area Ratio, max. <br />R - CU <br />NR .40 <br />NR-CU .60 <br />Required Open Space <br />Ratio, min. .30 <br />Required Livability <br />Space Ratio, min. R-CU .52 <br />Required Recreation <br />Space Ratio, min. <br />R .111 <br />R-CU .114 <br />Gross Land Area, 3 <br />min./max. <br />(square feet) <br />R-CU 5,000/ <br />none <br />NR-CU 87,120/ <br />none <br />Required <br />Pedestrian/Landscape <br />NR <br />NR-CU .05 <br /> <br />1 Staff has utilized the dimensional and ratio standards for the existing O/I general use district as a benchmark for <br />the standards in the RDAM district. 2 There is still some internal assessment on the need to allow for residential through the Conditional Use process. It <br />is highly likely staff’s final proposal will not allow residential in any form in this district to ensure we are not <br />encouraging the development of incompatible land uses in proximity to one another. 3 Staff is still reviewing appropriate standards governing minimum and maximum required gross land area for <br />projects developed within the proposed RDAM district.